Dante Moro

Dante Moro (1460-1486) was a Venetian nobleman and personal bodyguard of Marco Barbarigo.

Biography
Dante Moro was the heir to one of the most prestigious families in Venice, being the son of Doge Cristoforo Moro, and was Captain of the City Guard. He married a beautiful woman named Carlotta, but when fellow nobleman Marco Barbarigo tried to take her, Dante hired assassins to kill him. This failed, and Marco had Dante be stabbed in the head with a spear. He was severely brain damaged and wounded, but survived, and since he was in the mental state of a child, Marco took advantage of this by forcing him to sign papers confessing annullment of his marriage and by making him his personal bodyguard. Moro was a lapdog without a mind of his own, and was a reactive decision maker.

In 1486, he took part in a competition during Carnivale, sent to fight Ezio Auditore da Firenze in the ring by Silvio Barbarigo. In the match, Ezio was untouched, stomping on Moro until the match ended. However, Silvio told the man presiding over the competition to make Moro the winner, so Moro received a mask that allowed him entry to Marco's party, which Ezio needed to assassinate Marco. Ezio later pickpocketed Dante while he was distracted by prostitutes and stole back the mask. Shortly after, Marco was killed.

Afterwards, Dante Moro served Silvio Barbarigo and aided him in defending L'Armoria from the Assassins, acting as the commander of the 200+ mercenaries defending Silvio.

Death
Aided by Bartolomeo d'Alviano, Ezio attacked the armory. Many of the Venetian mercenaries were lured out by the Condottieri, leaving the armory susceptible to attack by Ezio, who moved in. Dante was defeated but ordered by Silvio to retreat, and Silvio was struck down first. Dante fled to a ship but was stabbed in the chest there. While Silvio refused to tell Ezio where the ships were bount, Dante told him that they were going to go to Cyprus.